Thursday, December 17, 2009

On The Fifth Day Of Christmas…

The Russes gave to me…

A truly random search.

On our way to visit my family in Florida this summer the friendly TSA worker told us that Emily, Lila, Abby, and Zack had been randomly flagged by the computer for a more thorough screening. My ticket was purchased separately because I used a voucher, so it didn’t get flagged with theirs. We can now confirm that these searches truly are random. I hadn’t shaved in a month in preparation for the annual Russtache party. They searched a 7 month old pregnant woman, her 4 year old daughter, and 2 year old twins, whilst her 230 lbs bearded husband walked through untouched.

Our cameras were caught up in the search and they had my cell phone in the x-ray machine for the good parts. Yes, they sent them all through puffer machine, ran the metal detector wand over everybody, and they patted down everyone (I just missed Zack standing there with his legs spread and arms out as he was patted down), including a check to make sure Emily’s stomach was real. I should note their tickets were flagged for the return trip as well, so they did it all again.

3 comments:

That is insane. Of course if I was going to try to blow up an airplane I would put explosives on my two year old and throw some in my fake belly. I'm glad they take people like you into consideration. (Maybe they were just hoping to find a reason not to let 3 little kids onto the plane for a quieter flight.)

Boy, this REALLY inspires faith in our fail proof airport security. I just spend the last 16 hours being put through it having just done a little cross continental travel with my young family. Our favorite security measure was when they took the pillows and blankets away...FOR REALS!!! They took the pillows and blankest away - that came after they had turned off the movies!